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Backstage Pass: James Otto goes inside CMA Music Fest
05.06.2008 23:44
usatoday.com
All summer, musicians on the road film behind-the-scenes video diaries for USA TODAY. This week country star James Otto explores ...
USA
Music
Giambi's pinch-hit homer in 9th lifts Yankees over Blue Jays
05.06.2008 23:44
usatoday.com
Pinch-hitter Jason Giambi connected for a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, rallying the New York Yankees to a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
USA
Baseball
Oil prices seep into asphalt costs, detour road work
05.06.2008 23:44
usatoday.com
Some states, cities and counties say their road-repair budgets didn't anticipate asphalt prices that are up 25.9% from a year ...
USA
Social Life
N.C. wildlife refuge fire grows, some evacuations
05.06.2008 23:44
usatoday.com
A wildfire that started on a wildlife refuge in rural eastern North Carolina nearly tripled in size as it sent smoke and ash ...
USA
Social Life
NI leaders and Brown to discuss contentious issues
05.06.2008 23:44
ireland.com
First Minister: Peter Robinson sworn in at special sitting of Assembly
Ireland
Social Life
Referendum facing defeat
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
THE REFERENDUM on the Lisbon Treaty is heading towards defeat, according to findings of the latest Irish Times/TNS mrbi opinion poll published today. There is a dramatic shift in public opinion towards a No vote, with majorities in most age groups now opposed to the treaty on the grounds of safeguarding Ireland's identity and neutrality and their poor understanding of the issues.
Ireland
Opinions
Mr Tsvangirai's gamble
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
MORGAN TSVANGIRAI took a calculated risk when he decided to contest the second, runoff round of Zimbabwe's presidential election on June 27th. His arrest and detention for nine hours on Wednesday perfectly illustrates the uphill battle he is running against violence and intimidation from the ruling Zanu-PF party and Robert Mugabe's regime. So does yesterday's brief detention of British and US diplomats attending an opposition rally.
Ireland
Opinions
We have no idea what a proper education is
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
THIS TIME of year, the national thought process turns briefly to what we call education, to the workings of the system in which we sift and sort our young people with a view to maximising their economic usefulness, writes John Waters.
Ireland
Opinions
Africans take hope from Obama's breakthrough
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
OPINION: If America can make space for a black man called Barack Hussein Obama, hopefully the world can make space for me, and people like me, somewhere other than on the bottom rungs of society, writes Bryan Mukandi.
Ireland
Opinions
'We disembark into a night of kerosene fumes'
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
A SOLDIER'S DIARY: This is a flight like no other. All those on board are wearing desert fatigues, carrying helmets and body armour. Along the side of the cabin, in rows, are the empty stretchers for returning the wounded from theatre. But spirits are high as the soldiers joke about the quality of the in-flight service. We are finally on our way and with that comes a sense of relief, writes Paddy Bury.
Ireland
Opinions
Referendum really about a Yes or No to Irish politics
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
Politics itself is on trial in the referendum, and Ahern's stint at the tribunal is bad timing for the Yes campaign, Elaine Byrne.
Ireland
Opinions
Barely-there masks and a closet encounter
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
MAGPIE: A HOMELESS Japanese woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his wardrobe for a year has been arrested.
Ireland
Opinions
Is the Lisbon Treaty good for business?
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
Maurice Pratt argues in favour a Yes vote Declan Ganley argues to the contrary.
Ireland
Opinions
An Irishman's Diary
05.06.2008 23:43
ireland.com
THAT WAS a startling headline in the business pages on Wednesday, over a story about National Toll Roads chairman Tom Roche and his family. "Roches to gain €118m in NTR liquidity event," it read, writes Frank McNally.
Ireland
Opinions
McCarthy quits Waterford post
05.06.2008 23:42
ireland.com
GAELIC GAMES: JUSTIN McCARTHY has resigned as Waterford senior hurling manager. The decision emerged at a county executive meeting last night after a day of intense speculation that his tenure was over. The meeting, which took place after the county's under-21 Munster championship defeat against Limerick at Walsh Park, accepted the decision.
Ireland
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